Yeah, they're screwing off with the WW-Z movie. It was supposed to start shooting last year. They had a director and apparently the script (by JMS of B5 fame) was fantastic, everyone was raving about how great it was. Currently the script is in rewrite and they're looking for a new director.

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Yeah, they're screwing off with the WW-Z movie. It was supposed to start shooting last year. They had a director and apparently the script (by JMS of B5 fame) was fantastic, everyone was raving about how great it was. Currently the script is in rewrite and they're looking for a new director.

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Lastly, the studio loves Matt Carnahan's World War Z draft, so it looks like Marc Forster could be directing pretty soon. Brad Pitt stars.

Hard to say yet. The first episode covers about the first issue and a half of the comic, ending more or less with the tank scenes they show in the commercials (so before he gets to the camp), so you don't really get to meet a lot of the cast yet. You get some extended stuff with Morgan and Duane which I thought was pretty good, a bit of Shane, a little of Lori and Carl, and I think Dale maybe gets 1 or 2 lines, and someone who I assume is either Carol, Amy, or Andrea gets a few lines as well. Until we get a better look at the rest of the cast, it's hard to get a feel for how this is going to turn out. I'm not convinced with the casting of Rick or Shane yet. The opening conversation between them feels a bit wooden and awkward, although I think Rick gets a bit better further into the episode. The zombie makeup and effects are pretty good, and the stuff at the end when he gets to Atlanta I thought was pretty well done also.

Slow. Like the comic. Did you like the comic? You'll like this. My opinion anyways. Actors do a good job, even if we don't get to see many yet. Visual style and pacing is thus far as expected. Not disappointed.

I enjoyed it quite a bit, but I'm a fan of Darabont, and, to a lesser degree, the comic. It won't blow you away, but as long as you know how to set your expectations you'll probably not be disappointed. The effects and lighting were nice. I'll definitely continue to watch.

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Liked it. Will continue to watch. Dug the comic though, so that's not surprising. And well, zombies.

Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail

The lack of logic in this really frustrated me. When they leave the house to kill a zombie they leave the door wide open. Really? And the people on the CB live outdoors in tents? Again really? You could hole up forever in a sturdy building with a few entrances and instead you're living in tents in a trailer park? What exactly prevent zombies from walking in at any time and eating you?

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The lack of logic in this really frustrated me. When they leave the house to kill a zombie they leave the door wide open. Really? And the people on the CB live outdoors in tents? Again really? You could hole up forever in a sturdy building with a few entrances and instead you're living in tents in a trailer park? What exactly prevent zombies from walking in at any time and eating you?

I keed.

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Meh. That is going to be pretty much ANY Zombie franchise you could ever possibly think of. The Walking Dead isn't quiet what you're thinking of when you think of a typical zombie story. It focuses alot more on the actual survivors and the torment they go through being the survivors. The zombies are pretty much the slowest of the slow movie zombies. Which has been portrayed thus far pretty well I think. I doubt they will follow the comics religiously, but there were large stretches in those where you didn't see a single zombie for many issues. Basically the zombie apocalypse itself just becomes a backdrop to tell the story of these characters. I get the feeling the show itself is aiming to capture that part of the comics. Actual good drama, rather than the campy stuff you typically get in a Zombie film to fill in time between zombie action scenes.I'll spoiler this bit:

Just think of it this way, you can't keep your guard up 100% of the time in a highly stressful emotional situation like that. They know the limits of the 'Walkers' and their behavior patterns. So they are willing to take small risks here and there so as to live some small semblance of an actual life without having to walk on eggshells all the time.

The lack of logic in this really frustrated me. When they leave the house to kill a zombie they leave the door wide open. Really? And the people on the CB live outdoors in tents? Again really? You could hole up forever in a sturdy building with a few entrances and instead you're living in tents in a trailer park? What exactly prevent zombies from walking in at any time and eating you?

If you keep watching, you might just get an answer to some of your questions.

Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail

Enjoyed it, really liked the atmosphere in the whole hospital scene. It really will come down to whether or not I give a crap about the characters in the long run, but I'll give it a chance.

Never read the comic, but I like that its going with zombies that still show some faint hint of memory (trying to go home, picking up a toy, etc). Also, I much prefer the classic slow shambling zombie - leads to more of a building sense of dread as they slowly close in.

I like that its going with zombies that still show some faint hint of memory (trying to go home, picking up a toy, etc).

I think you're right, and that's something that the series seems to be doing that is sorely lacking in a lot of modern zombie fare; that is, the walking dead aren't just monsters, they're actually quite tragic. I think the principle zombies were depicted with more humanity than I've seen in any film since the original Dawn or Day of the Dead.

"For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can." - Ernest Hemingway